Another webcomic I’ve burned through in less than a day: The Gutters. The Gutters is run by a team of guys with a wicked sense of humor geared towards the comic book industry. They are sometimes esoteric, but always funny. There is also a book of the comics available.
I blame Jon Macy for posting about oglaf.com on Facbook and thereby causing me to lay helplessly on my couch until I had read every cartoon. Well, not every cartoon, not all at once. There was a break for sex somewhere in the middle. Though it wasn’t sex with a giant spider nor Jon Macy, it was still outstanding sex.
But I am now curious about that spider.
I’m going to write this feature without referencing Calvin and Hobbes, because any comic with a put-upon daydreaming ten-year-old boy is going to call up the comparison (plus, everyone else who discovers this comic is going to say the exact same thing). So, let me say that for those who enjoy pre-adolescent (and at times rather dark) whimsy and have an affection for all things superheroic, then as fast as you can type the URL, get yourself over to SMASH, and let the stupendous wash over you. It kicks Kick Ass’ ass without breaking a sweat or breaking a skull open.
Thanks to Lorin of the GLA for the tip!
Xposted to CPB
Last summer, I heard Maggie Gallagher say the most reprehensible and simultaneously twee-est (if I’m using the word right; it means “cutesy”, correct?) thing to ever come out of her voluminous pie hole: “Marriage is not a civil right. In fact, it’s a civil wrong.” Her ability to turn a phrase aside, Mags’ head should have by all rights exploded from just the uncut rage I was sending her way (to say nothing of the other people I’m sure were doing the same thing). Ah, “Scanners,” you disappointed me once again. So, what’s a guy to do?
Easy: write her as a blobby (well, “blobbier”) hulk with swaying tits in league with all the other hating low-lifes and get friends to help make it into a comic book.
I now present to you the fruits of our labor – Rise of the Pink Ninjas: A Gay Fantasia (click on the hate to get the fun):
(Go ahead. It’s free.)
SEE Mad Gallagher throw her weight around!
STARE IN WONDER at the mysterious Bastard Baby Doll!
CLENCH your butthole when P & M, the Night Bears, cruise by!
But most of all, enjoy and keep fighting. I want to start buying gay wedding gifts.
Rise of the Pink Ninjas: A Gay Fantasia
written by Sean McGrath
drawn, inked and colored by Benjamin Ruth
lettered by Christopher Moshier
cover graphic by Scott McGrath
UPDATE: For those who prefer their comics paginated instead of stacked, I’ve made a CBZ file available. It’s my first time making one and it was stunningly easy. Why have I never done this before?
UPDATE the SECOND: Joe Jervis of the excellent gay blog Joe.My.God posted an entry about Pink Ninjas on his site, which thrills me in ways I can’t explain. One decision early on was to have the real voices of the LGBTQ movement supplant the tyrannical Solomon when they discovered he wasn’t working in their best interests. Joe is definitely one of those voices.
The readers had some affirming comments about the comic, like:
“That there was ten shades of wonderful.” from JD.
“Wow. That is just too fabulous. And it catches the relationship between the professional gay and anti-gay forces to a T.” from Smartypants.
“I love this comic for that reason someone finally had the GUTS to call out the traitors in our own midst for who and what they are!” from Daveinsf.
“I think I have a new wallpaper for my computer.” from art.
And “As a lifelong comic book fan I loved it, loved it, loved it! Kudos to all involved.” from Ken Berg.
JMG is probably one of my favorite blog communities. I’m glad the folks over there enjoyed the comic.
UPDATE the THIRD: Oh WOW! We were mention on After Elton!
I don’t know how many of you are teachers, or have nephews or nieces in high school, or are friends with people who work in the education biz, or (let’s face it) think that the next generation is going to bring the world to ruin, but I have a comic book for you (Hell, I have a comic book for you even if none of this applies): ALL STUDENTS MUST DIE!!
With just a few weeks left in the semester, the faculty of Nicholas County High School is stressed and the students are unruly. How can order be maintained and discipline be restored? Easily, if the teachers are willing to follow the unorthodox Mr. Frietag and sell their souls to the Devil for unimaginable power!
Early reviews say, “Such a touching story–is it my allergies, or has this story brought a tear to my eye? Not since ‘Goodbye, Mr. Chips’ has the bond between student and teacher been so lovingly rendered.”
“…a little scary. It makes me never want to enter a classroom again.”
“A triumph, my friend. A triumph.”
and “You are Satan’s child, McGrath. I will pray for you!”
A six page preview of ALL STUDENTS MUST DIE!!! is available for download by clicking on the graphic above.
It’s TOTALLY SAFE for work (maybe a little violence
) and is the last word in academic revenge fantasies. Art and lettering are by Benjamin Granoff with cover art by Benjamin Matthews and Scott McGrath. Enjoy!
Orthocomics is pleased to announce the release of our first ever NSFW comic by Sean McGrath and Jo Beth “Jesus” March, “Infinitesimal Situation at the Ultimate Wiggle Piggly”. While Jo Beth was unavailable for comment because she was dragged back to her Carmelite monastery by Mother Superior Vicious Claws of Jesus’ Undying Love, Sean was available to say, “Screw you, beret-wearing post-modernists!”
Early reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, saying “Yes, it IS totally NSFW, but it is also damn f-ing funny. What a great way
to start my day. LOL!!! Great work!”
“I had a ‘WTF moment.’”
“Please remember that while I love your work–you know I do–my sensibilities are a little different than yours. Some kind of rating code would be helpful, just so I know what to expect … ‘Adult themes’ are one thing; exaggerated full-frontal graphics are…another.”
“BRILLIANCE!!!”
“So deep…”
“[NSFW] or humourless sods – brilliant stuff. I love the Living Tribunal as a Norma Desmond draggie.”
and from Mishiko Kakasomething of the New York Times Book Reviewz we got “A joyous slap in the face by the giant schlong of satire!”
The entire comic book is available for download. It’s TOTALLY FREE and TOTALLY NSFW!!! Click on the the lordly graphic by Scott McGrath below to get your copy!
